Combs, metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Bulman Products Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bulman Products Inc. runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Combs, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Bulman Products Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 244% of Combs, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bulman Products Inc. safety composite

Bulman Products Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Bulman Products Inc.: 7.8 → 9.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Bulman Products Inc.'s TCR rose 1.7 from 7.8 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 244% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/50
  • PHOTO FabTech Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FabTech Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bulman Products Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Bulman Products Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (244% of the Combs, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Bulman Products Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.8 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=9.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Bulman Products Inc. falls in its industry

827 Combs, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 50 Combs, metal, manufacturing employers in Michigan.

Bulman Products Inc. (25 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Bulman Products Inc.
Bulman Products Inc. (25 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Bulman Products Inc. has fewer employees than the Combs, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2021 9.5 0.0 2 0 0
2020 5.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 8.8 0.0 2 0 0
2018 8.5 4.3 2 0 0
2017 8.2 8.2 2 0 0
2016 7.8 7.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · MI · Grand Rapids

827 Combs, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR FabTech Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Setina Manufacturing Co Inc 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KampCo Steel Products Inc 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Pierre Manufacturing Corporation, Inc. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hazel Park 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayside Best Beans LLC. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-County Electric- Blanchard 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Northern Wyoming Surgical Center 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SMD Vineyards 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hill & Valley Premium Bakery 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0354 - Naples Fl Whse 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Covington Aircraft Radial Division 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coke Capital Kresson St. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shanes graing and paving Inc 25 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.